In:60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research
Edited by Grégory Miras, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc and Shona Whyte
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series 22] 2026
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Published online: 9 March 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.22.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.22.toc
Table of contents
Preface: Visible and invisible languages in Applied LinguisticsVII
Claire Kramsch
Introduction: Towards more engagement (even after) 60 years of Applied Linguistics1
Nathalie Blanc
Isabel Colón de Carvajal
Shona Whyte
Grégory Miras
The place of bilingualism in Applied Linguistics research
Chapter 1.Toward diversification of bilingual acquisition research: Insights from heritage bilingualism18
Virginia Yip
Chapter 2.The importance of research-based outreach activities for supporting bilingual families31
Annick De Houwer
New roles and identities for Applied Linguistics researchers
Chapter 3.An ethical-aesthetic account of giving an AILA Keynote44
Angela Creese
Chapter 4.Language as a trace: The challenges of Applying Linguistics in the legal sphere61
Eilika Fobbe
Emerging discourses for social change
Chapter 5.Arturo Escobar’s “Pluriversality” paradigm: Key issues for Applied Linguistics facing the organic crisis of the 21st century86
Luisa Fernanda Acosta Córdoba
Chapter 6.Research in language education, implications of present-day changes97
Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes
Chapter 7.‘Real people’s concerns’: Paradigm shifts in Applied Linguistics through AILA116
Shona Whyte
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Applied Linguistics
Current challenges and disputesChapter 8.Applied Linguistics and the emergence of foreign language didactics in France (1958–1984)128
Georges Daniel Véronique
Chapter 9.The French Association of Applied Linguistics and it’s pre-history: Political issues in the early emergence of a discipline149
Alice Burrows
Chapter 10.Problems with problems and solutions in Applied Linguistics: Some considerations and propositions168
Alexandre Duchêne
Chapter 11.Diversity in Applied Linguistics181
Henry Widdowson
Epilogue189
Azirah Hashim
Postface: Shining diamonds and invisible mines intertwined in the history of AILA192
Kyria Finardi
Author index
Notions index
